Her research has been addressed to the petrography and petrology of magmatic rocks of several affinities (alkaline, ultrapotassic, calc-alkaline rocks) and of magmatic and mantle xenoliths in order to characterize the fluid and the chemical and physical conditions during their genesis and evolution. She also conducted research on some clay formations of the Northern Apennines. The scientific activity has also covered some aspects of technology such as: installation and development of a laboratory for the investigation on fluid and melt inclusions in minerals, development and management of a laboratory of scanning electron microscopy equipped with an energy dispersion microanalysis. She has taken part in several national research projects.

Research themes

Main research:

petrologic study of different types of rocks with particular care to the fluids responsible for their formation and evolution

water-rock interactions in low T and low P alteration processes and hydrothermal alteration processes through characterization and origin of fluids

study of mineralization and ore deposits in alkaline rocks, ophiolites and rocks from orogenic environment, with particular reference to the composition, origin and role of fluids responsible for the mineralization

Petrologic study of different types of crustal xenoliths

petrographic and mineralogical characterization of gems

petrographic and mineralogical characterization of ancient pottery fragments to trace the processing conditions and provenance of the artefacts